Measurement & Data - Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume.

CCSS.Math.Content.5.MD.C.3 Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement.

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• CCSS.Math.Content.5.MD.C.3aA cube with side length 1 unit, called a “unit cube,” is said to have “one cubic unit” of volume, and can be used to measure volume.

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    • IXL: Geometry: Volume of rectangular prisms made of unit cubes (Fifth grade - B.22)

• CCSS.Math.Content.5.MD.C.3b A solid figure which can be packed without gaps or overlaps using n unit cubes is said to have a volume of ncubic units.

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    • IXL: Geometry: Volume of rectangular prisms made of unit cubes (Fifth grade - B.22)

• Curriculum Connections: This could be tied to the Variables Unit in Science - Lifeboats experiment - could measure volume of cups to more precise expression of the data in that experiment